As one of the sources said while describing how Dorsey had removed two front-office executives without much explanation: “John does stuff and doesn’t tell people why.” Another source said Dorsey’s management style “could wear on people.”

For instance, the typically stable Chiefs also made waves this offseason when Dorsey released director of football administration Trip MacCracken and director of pro scouting Will Lewis. Each man had been with the team for at least four years, and not only were their dismissals surprising, there weren’t many answers to be found, even inside the organization.

“Those decisions were totally John’s,” a source said. “That’s the kind of stuff he does.”

Despite some of Dorsey’s flaws, those both within and outside of the organization enjoyed working with him. He was well-respected essentially everywhere.

From The Star:

Dorsey still has fans inside the Chiefs organization. They cited his passion for the game, constant availability and eye for talent as respected strengths.

“Loved working for him,” one source said. “Great dude.”

“He was always great to us …,” another source added, “You hate to see something like this happen.”

From the details given, it seems many felt Dorsey’s actions were strange at times but that didn’t stop them from respecting him as a person and talent evaluator.

It must have boiled down to Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt not seeing eye-to-eye with some of Dorsey’s decisions, and ultimately deciding that he’s not worth committing to long-term.

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None of this is confirmed, but Paylor is a great reporter and I can’t think of a time when he was wrong. Still, feel free to draw your own conclusions as more reports come in trying to dig to the bottom of this situation.